Watchmaker&#39;s wrench.



PATENTED 00124, 1905.

0. ARTHUR. WATGHMAKERS WRENCH.

APPLICATION FILED APR.15, 1905.

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CHARLES AHHUR, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO NEWARK WATCH CASE MATERIAL COMPANY,

CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24, 1905.

Application filed April 15, 1905. Serial No. 255,743.

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Be it known that I, OIIARL as ARTHUR, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVatchmakers Trenches, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in watchmakers wrenches,and more particularly to that kind or style thereof employed in ad justing the sleeve or material contained within a watehcase-pendant for holding the winding-arbor in its winding and setting adjustment, the object being to provide a tool of this character which shall be simple and economical in construction and adapted for use in connection with the different sizes and styles of pendants.

With this and other ends in View the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View, partly in section and partly in elevation, of my improved wrench, the sectional part being taken on the line 1 l of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the sectional part being taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the holder. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of the detached wrench proper.

My improved wrench consists of two parts namely, the handle 5 and the wrench 6. The handle 5 is preferably constructed of wood and may be of any desired size and outline. The lower end of the handle is provided with an opening in which is fitted the sleeve or cylind er 7, the lower end of said cylinder or sleeve projecting through and beyond the lower end of the handle and slotted or slitted, as illustrated at 8, in order to impart the required elasticity for holding the wrench 6 therein. Around the lower end of the handle is also fitted the band or ferrule 9 to impart a finished appearance thereto.

Through the slits or slots 8 and buried in the material of the lower end of the handle is a bar, rod, or plate 10, the purpose of which is to prevent the wrench from turning in the handle when in use, as hereinafter more fully described.

In Fig. I I have illustrated in perspective one of the key-wrenches adapted to be used in connection with the handle above described. It will of course be understood that a number of these wrenches are to be used, one end 11 being so shaped or formed as to lit the particular size, style, or pattern of material of the pendant. The opposite or rear ends of the wrench are all made of corresponding size in orderthat it may be accommodated in the one handle, the extreme end of the wrench being slotted, as illustrated at 12.

When the wrench is inserted in position in the slotted cylinder 7 of the handle, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the bar, rod, or plate 10 fits in the slot 12 of the wrench and prevents the latter from turning in the handle when the tool is in use, the wrench being tightly held in place within and prevented from becoming disengaged from the handle by the elasticity of said slotted cylinder.

If desired, the wrench may be again slotted, as illustrated at 13, in order to impart some elasticity to the same and assist in holding it in the handle.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the device is exceedingly simple in construction and can be manufactured at a small cost; further, the wrenches 6 may be easily and readily inserted within and withdrawn from the handle and while in position therein are prevented from turning by means of the rod, plate, or bar 10, fitting in the slot 12.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a wrench of the character described, the combination with a handle having a centrally-located tube projecting beyond its lower end, and a bar extending diametrically across the tube-opening above its lower end, ofa removable wrench, said wrench having one end slotted to engage said bar and the opposite end forming a wrench proper, substantially as described.

2. In a wrench of the character described, the combination with a handle having an opening therein, a tube fixed in the handle and projecting beyond thelower end thereof, said tube having its projecting portionslitted, of a removable wrench adapted to lit within the tube and having one end formed into a wrench proper and the opposite end slotted, and a bar extending across the tube-opening and fitting in said slot in said wrench for preventing the latter from turning,snbstantially as described.

3. In a wrench of the character described, the combination with a handle, of a cylinder fitted therein and projecting beyond the lower end thereof, a bar extending across said cylinder above the lower end, a wrench adapted to fit within said cylinder and having one end formed into a wrench proper, the opposite end being slotted to engage with said bar in said handle and prevent said handle from turning, substantially as described.

at. In a Wrench of the character described,

the combination with a handle, of a cylinder fitting therein and having its slotted end projecting below said handle, a bar fitted in the lower end of the handle, a wrench adapted to fit within the slitted end of said cylinder, and having its end slotted to engage said bar, substantially as described.

Signed at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, this 29th day of March, A. D. 1905.

CHARLES ARTHUR.

\Vitnesses:

FREDERIO R. PILOH, XVILLIs S. RICHARDSON. 

